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Audience Worksheet: 3/21/2012

Kind of Viewer
 Primary
 Secondary
Education
 High school/some college
 College/University
Professional Experience
 Working man/woman
 Student/worker
Job Responsibilities
 Providing for family
 Providing for family
Personal Characteristics
 Independent, aware, quiet, frugal, cautious
 Independent, vaguely ignorant/unaware
Personal Preferences
 Prefers to stay in the background
 Willing to make a stand if provoked
Cultural Characteristics
 Prefers to stay in the background, but is one of the many that determines the path of history
 Involved and informed
Attitude Toward the Photographer
 May not know photographer
 Some interest
Attitude Toward Subject
 Standoffish, ambivalent, afraid
 Interest and curiosity
Expectation about the Subject
 Political, “much bigger than me/what I can handle”
 Political, shock value
Expectation about the Photograph
 Shock value, repulsive
 Shock value, intriguing, repulsive
Reasons for Viewing the Photograph
 Morbid curiosity
 Morbid curiosity
Way of Viewing the Photograph
 Skim it, do a double-take and study it
 Skim, then study, attempt to analyze
Viewer Skill
 Non-critical examination/analysis
 Capable of analytical examination
Viewer’s Physical Environment
 City environment
 School environment